Franz Ferdinand in Badalona

The last 10 days or so have been a furious blur of internet marketing after my trip to the UK.

However, I was able to break out of that last night when we travelled right across Barcelona to Badalona, where Franz Ferdinand were playing. What can I say? A great night, good tight playing, and an excellent and responsive crowd that was delighted to hear singer Alex Kapranos speak a few words of Catalan.

I really enjoyed the gig, the first time I’d seen them and the first concert since The Sisters of Mercy in Leeds back in April. Next on the list is Arctic Monkeys in February, who were excellent last time they played here.

One of the things that surprised me was the last song of the encore – Lucid Dreams – which on on the album starts off ok but then really loses it for me as it goes off on some kind of electro tangent. However, live it was brilliant – I went on for ever and was really trancy, and kept on and on and on as each member of the band left the stage so that finally the sequenced electronics and drummer were left, him going like crazy and using a megaphone as a mike! Brilliant!

Here are a couple of vids and a few photos – the first video shows some of the build up before they go on stage so skip forward by a minute if you want to get down to the real action. Enjoy!

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This post was written by David